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IAF, IA and IN Aircraft Losses Database


1944 : 9 1945 : 11 1946 : 5

A total of 25 Accidents and Losses are listed.

DateAircraft TypeTail NoPilot/CrewPhotoUnitRemarks
17 May 44 Hurricane IIC KZ877 Plt Offr E S D N Sparkes RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Bounced on landing at night and UC Collapse after
23 May 44 Hurricane IIC LB783 Fg Offr Roy
 10 Sqdn IA Swung to avoid another aircraft onlanding, hit dit
11 Aug 44 Hurricane IIC LB907 Fg Offr Latimour
 10 Sqdn IA Swung on landing and tippedup. Landed in a 90 degr
04 Nov 44 Hurricane IIC Fg Offr Smith RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Aircraft F - Swung off runway on landing and went
08 Nov 44 Hurricane IIC LB678
10 Sqdn IA Overshot landing at Singarbill, DBR
09 Nov 44 Hurricane HW414
10 Sqdn IA Swung on take off and hit ditch
15 Nov 44 Hurricane IIc LD409 Fg Offr B B Chakraborty +
 10 Sqdn IA Failed to recover from dive and flicked on to back
08 Dec 44 Hurricane IIC KZ939 Plt Offr A C Edwards RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Undercarraige leg collpased on landing at Baigachi
21 Dec 44 Hurricane IIC W/O Bird RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Landed aircraft E and wrote off undercarraige
10 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ851 Plt Offr G T McKie RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Engine cut , FL at Nalik. Intrnal Glycol Leak. des
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC PJ716 Fg Offr M M Crishna
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Collided on runway with KZ919 'W'
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ919 Fg Offr David
 10 Sqdn IA Collided with PJ716 'Y' on runway in dust after la
14 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC LD744 Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Ran off strip in dust. hit bund and uc collapsed,
18 Jan 45 Hurricane IIC KZ771 Fg Offr J S Ingle
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Engine cut, BL at Tippie near Akyab 1m E of Rathed
05 Mar 45 Hurricane IIC LE171 Flt Lt G S Singh
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Oleo leg blew out in dive over target, broke suppo
15 Mar 45 Hurricane IIC LE207 Fg Offr Jaspal Singh
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Raised undercarraige too quickly. Sank back on tak
15 Apr 45 Hurricane IIC LB732 Fg Offr H D Jarman RAF
 10 Sqdn IA Offensive recce over Irrawadi. Damaged by tripwire
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc MD291 Fg Offr R L Suri
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Hit by Spitfire MV245 at Hmawbi Cat E
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc Plt Offr Kirloskar
 10 Sqdn IA Lost himself between Akyab and Rangoon and FL whee
19 Dec 45 Spitfire VIIIc MT878 Plt Offr H R Chitnis
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA Damaged beyond repair in accident - Det Unknown
08 Jan 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD402 Fg Offr R L Suri
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA engine trouble, bl in field 19.18N 90.17E at Yedas
31 Jan 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD333 Plt Offr R D Law
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA U/c fail Hmwabi BUrma
03 Apr 46 Spitfire VIII JG314 Fg Offr R L Jebb
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA ac landed with tailwheel retrcted at Baigachi in B
02 Aug 46 Spitfire VIIIc MD222 Fg Offr R L Jebb
 Click to View Record 10 Sqdn IA ferry Bhopal - Brrckpore. Engine cut after TO from
25 Oct 46 Spitfire VIIIc MV205 Fg Offr H H Beale
 10 Sqdn IA engine cut on recce, BL 17m NW of Jessore

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